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by rmxt 11y ago
GP is likely referring to the on-going, completely sanctioned and culturally ingrained practice of corporal punishment for what would otherwise be minor offenses in the Western world. While likely not thought of "torture" in the m
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by rmxt 11y ago
I don't think that this comment was meant to signal approval of the strict/oppressive speech and press rights in Singapore, but it unfortunately reads as such. If I am misinterpreting your comment, how do you reconcile the apparen
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by rmxt 11y ago
There is this recorded saying that they've been playing on the subway in NYC... It's trite -- borderline oppressive when you're stuck in a sardine can of a subway car -- but it applies here: "Courtesy is contagious, and
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by rmxt 11y ago
Calling it "enhanced interrogation" is using a euphemism with the intent of hiding what the act actually entails. If you are afraid of using certain words because there is a lack of consensus, then list the activities directly and
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by rmxt 11y ago
A little ironic that you drop in the bit about "lawyering your way around each of the elements," while at the same time encouraging a shift of the language of the discussion from "torture" to "enhanced interrogation
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by rmxt 11y ago
I am not sure if this is what the GP is basing that opinion on, but there is quite a long list of controversies associated with GS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs#Controversies Among the HN crowd I am sure
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by rmxt 11y ago
Anybody able to find a video of the corner exit with no obstruction? Wish they posted that one, being that they claimed it was the fastest.
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by rmxt 11y ago
Daycare or not, why is income relevant here? Rich or poor alike, daycare or learning alike, kids go to school for a multitude of reasons including socialization, applied skills (shoe-tying, sharing, etc.), and exposure to things besides tel
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by rmxt 11y ago
Important CVEs get names like "Heartbleed" and "Shellshock" which are straightforward in their negativity, and reflect the severity of their underlying nature. I understand that we need a human readable/writable tit
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by rmxt 11y ago
There's a lot to digest in this, but it all strikes me as a bit dystopian that these bills and laws are framed using "positive" language and terms. Seems like a healthy dose of wishful thinking to title this bill with the wor
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by rmxt 11y ago
I might not have given my thoughts full justice above: I think road functionality is a broad concept. I think that it should incorporate a wide array of interests, and not be a Robert Moses-esque, car focused philosophy. That being said, I
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by rmxt 11y ago
It's not "rude," but it may be dangerous for the residents of that neighborhood. "Rude" would be using a private community's private road to avoid traffic. "Rude" would be cutting through a gas statio
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by rmxt 11y ago
"No thru traffic" signs have been a part of life for a long time, long before Waze came around, and that's the simplest answer to the issue for these residents. [1] Yes, as other posters have pointed out, this is an instance
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by rmxt 11y ago
I take no issue with making it a sourced statement of fact, e.g., "75% of Americans approve of the X, Y, Z programs in a 2014 Gallup poll." But to vaguely reference the current state of public opinion and use that as a basis for a
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by rmxt 11y ago
Please speak for yourself, instead of relying on what "we" or "the people" want for apparent authority. Sexts are actually able to be viewed, and have been in the past: http://www.businessinsider.com/mo
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by rmxt 11y ago
I think the fact that modern historiography can present both the benevolent and the dubious sides of America's founders' histories without the use of what you are proposing is a testament to mass surveillance's needlessness
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by rmxt 11y ago
The picture you've painted isn't comforting at all . It's absolutely terrifying. You're drawing these comparisons against communication edge cases (blackmail and a descent into anarchy), rather than realizing that the v
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by rmxt 11y ago
>Then what the fuck are we talking about? Seriously, what the fuck are you doing? I'm beyond tired of folks derailing conversations like what you've just done. So much anger, in such a personal form. Why the chip on your should
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by rmxt 11y ago
Try searching for "unwitting". I think it's completely fair (and true) to state that past government programs tested chemicals on unwitting Americans and foreigners. Might not have literally been attempts at "mind-cont
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by rmxt 11y ago
Yay for (sub?)urban heat island growth! :( Not sure where the last place you lived was, but I hope that if it were the desert, that there's some sort of aesthetically pleasing option that exists between a water hungry green grass lawn,
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by rmxt 11y ago
I can't tell if this is a serious comment or a sarcastic one, but I'll bite. This is blatantly false. I'm not asking them to replicate the full features of TurboTax. These low-income households do not need a full-featured fre
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by rmxt 11y ago
That still doesn't respond to the issue regarding why it is Intuit's TurboTax, and not a free solution provided by the government. I mean free, both in terms of cost to the end user, and cost to the government to implement. (I w
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by rmxt 11y ago
The post's entire point is that IDs are de facto travel papers. The reasons why we object to photo ID at vote time should also apply to general intra-US travel (or at least intrastate travel).
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by rmxt 11y ago
Not sure if this is the latest legal practice, but it seems that the NYCLU has fought against this and won: http://www.nyclu.org/news/nyclu-victory-preserves-right-walk... That's to say nothing of the 'licens
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by rmxt 11y ago
These comments should be merged with this submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9381437
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by rmxt 11y ago
I think that saying "lots of people want to make paying taxes painful" is quite a bold assumption, and it works all too nicely with the argument that Intuit is merely riding along with public sentiment. The reality is that the bot
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by rmxt 11y ago
That seems like quite a generous interpretation. Yes, that is an ostensible reason for the scanning [1], but to imagine that that is all they are doing with the information gleaned from the scans seems a bit naive. I would posit that send
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by rmxt 12y ago
Note: I believe that calling it a "TASER camera" is simply using the name brand of the device. It's not a camera literally mounted on a electrical weapon, but rather a body mounted camera made by the company TASER. Say what y
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by rmxt 12y ago
Instead of proactively ranting politically, why not look at what the state water board says itself? "Socio-economic measures such as lot size and income – Areas with higher incomes generally use more water than areas with low incomes.
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by rmxt 12y ago
Why don't we find and reward the best teachers while promoting socioeconomic integration in school systems? (As suggested by the article.) It's a little disingenuous to think that we have to go to one of those two extremes in or

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